1. To allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of: Admit someone to be a member a profession.
2. To allow someone to enter; to grant entry to: James was told that he cannot be admitted into the club because non-members are not permitted to be there.
3. To serve as a means of entrance: This ticket will admit one adult to see the show.
4. To give access or entrance to: "The French doors admit into the yard."
5. To afford a possibility: This problem admits of no solution.
6. To declare to be true or to admit the existence or reality or the truth of: Henry admitted he made some serious errors in his report.
7. To allow into a group or community: Karl was told that the organization have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member into their organization.
8. To have room for; to hold without crowding: The theater admits just 500 people.